Nikolovski: I believe that the Government will find a solution for salaries in AD "Vodostopanstvo"
They receive information from employees that several salaries have not been paid. I believe that the Government will find a solution, Deputy Prime Minister Fatmir Bitiqi is working on it, said today the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management Ljupco Nikolovski, answering a journalist's question regarding the situation in JSC "Vodostopanstvo".
As Nikolovski explained, salaries are paid by AD "Vodostopanstvo", which is not a body within the Ministry of Agriculture.
- I and several ministers keep raising the question of the Government, because they receive information from employees that several salaries have not been paid. I believe that the Government will find a solution. We support AD "Vodosatopanstvo" in capital investments, in the reconstruction and construction of irrigation systems, in full maintenance, and in that part we have foreseen 180 million denars. As the contracts are concluded by them, they are paid, Nikolovski pointed out, after the delivery of the equipment for the forest police from Italy.
He reminded that back in 2018, at his request, the Ministry of Education and Culture received a grant from the EU for the reorganization of AD "Vodostopanstvo".
- The IPA project is ready and soon a model for reorganization will be proposed to the Government, the minister noted, adding that it will be in the context of the demands of farmers who want to restore the old system of water communities.